bsmphilly.com Topics: sam statenhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/topics/sam-staten/?utm_medium=RSS2013-05-08T14:02:00-05:00Letters to the Editor (May 8, 2013)2013-05-08T14:02:00-05:00http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/may/8/7268-letters-to-the-editor-may-8-2013.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><em>Leave the rats alone</em></p> <p>I was insulted and distressed to see the cartoon by Tom Stiglich that you chose to use in the April 24 edition of the <em>Northeast Times.</em></p> <p>Rats are often unfairly portrayed as evil, conniving, insidious, dirty animals when nothing could be further from the truth.</p> <p>I ...Zoning hearing begins for methadone clinic2013-01-30T12:43:00-05:00Tom Waringhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/jan/30/6708-zoning-hearing-begins-for-methadone-clinic.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Back in February 2009, some 1,500 people turned out at Anne Frank Elementary School in Bustleton to oppose a planned methadone clinic at Grant Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard.</p> <p>NorthEast Treatment Centers would dispense methadone &mdash; which is used to wean people off drugs &mdash; to addicts living generally north of ...Two sides hope to work out truck-traffic tiff2011-09-28T14:55:00-05:00Tom Waringhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2011/sep/28/3816-two-sides-hope-to-work-out-truck-traffic-tiff.html/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Attorneys representing residents of the Fountain Pointe condominium complex and the owner/developer of a site that houses a new business took part in a sometimes-heated court hearing last week, but they began working on a possible compromise in a City Hall corridor.</p> <p>Fountain Pointe is at 9200 Blue Grass Road, ...